Summer's almost over!!!

This summer has been so CRAZY, that I'm almost glad to see it gone. I never thought I would say or think those words of BLASPHEME!!!

I won't go into detail, but lets just say that I can't see my plate ever being that full again! At least I hope it won't!

I cut all my hair off. It's been so hot, everyday is in the 100's. So even if I don't love my haircut, it is much MUCH cooler! The girl just cut it a little too short, but it grows so fast that even though it's only been a few weeks I think it's inches longer.

I'm not quite ready for school to start. Things get crazy at work so much so that we all have "rush schedules". I'm working from 7-6. And I'm not excited to have to deal with the dumbest students known to man! I mean daily I wonder to myself, how did these dummies get into college? I still don't know.

Patrick starts his PhD tomorrow and although it's a happy thing, I am worried about how much more stress this will put on him. He's already stretched thin and a new and more strenuous schedule might just push him to never seeing me. Yes. That's what it comes down to. I'm afraid I'll never see him again for three t0 five years. I know, I'm just a bit dramatic.

But here's to the end of the summer of everything, which was wonderful and awful at the same time and the start of another school year. Let's hope it's better than the last and that all my wildest dreams really DO come true!

PS I hope to be a good example to everyone else in the family to update their blogs as well!

it's been a while

I know, I know, it's been a long time. But it's not like I have any children to take pictures of, and some people got upset that I only posted pictures of Rowan, so sorry. I really have not much to say. Things are the same in Tampa, the weather is beautiful and the skies are blue.

Work is work, I don't really want to say much more about that.

A couple of weeks ago I had to say goodbye to my sunbeams (I was very sad) and said hello to the young women. I'm a first counselor, which is really weird cause I'm just a few years older than them (in fact I'm closer in age to some of my girls than I am to Patrick....) So things are defiantly much busier in the Vander Kelen house.

Patrick is in the middle of midterms, Rowan is cute and Boris and Ivan still live on. Things are great in Tampa.

The end of this week is Rowan's first birthday (I'm still a little upset that his birthday didn't make it into the family calendar as I did send it-and a picture- in the same email as Pat's and my birthdays ;0) So maybe we'll have a party with him and his little dog friends.... He is my only child....